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Airborne Microplastics Infiltrate U.S. National Parks, Study Finds
2020-06-19 09:00:00| Waste Age
Half a century ago scientists began finding plastic pollution in the oceans. Three years ago reseachers started finding airborne plastic particles in remote, high-elevation areas of U.S. national parks. Now theyre starting to get a handle on how mu
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Ocean microplastics could be hugely underestimated
2020-05-26 16:46:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The amount of microplastic debris in coastal waters may have been significantly underestimated, a new study has found.
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More fibrous microplastics in London air than Dongguan, study finds
2020-01-06 15:24:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
UK researchers have found that microplastics, including those from textiles, are present in the air in London at higher abundances than any other major city, including Dongguan, China.
Microplastics in Arctic snow suggest widespread air pollution
2019-08-19 10:55:59| Green Car Congress
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Biosynthetic fibres could solve microplastics problem
2019-02-28 14:04:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A US university has argued the case for biosynthetic fibres, which, it says, could eliminate the growing apparel-linked microplastics problem.
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